Wah-pe-kée-suck, White Cloud (called the Prophet), Adviser to Black Hawk, George Catlin

Wah-pe-kée-suck, White Cloud (called the Prophet), Adviser to Black Hawk

George Catlin (American) (1796-1872)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: 1832
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 73.7 × 60.9 cm
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Smithsonian American Art Museum, CC0

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